Harvey Benge

Harvey Benge has been working full time as a camera artist since 1992. He is interested in the international urban social landscape and the notion of parallel lives. "While something is happening here, something else is happening over there". While the main thrust of his work has been through published work, he has also exhibited internationally and has work in major public and private collections. He works from both Auckland and Paris.

GRANTS AND AWARDS
1997     - Creative New Zealand
2001     - Finalist Wallace Art Award
2002     - Finalist Waikato Contemporary Art Award
2005     - Finalist Prix du Livre, Arles Festival, France
2006     - Creative New Zealand
              - Finalist Prix du Livre, Arles Festival, France

CURATION
2006     - St Paul Street Gallery, Auckland, No Border No Boundaries with Antoine d’Agata and Peter Bialobrzeski
              - St Paul Street Gallery, Auckland, Lewis Baltz and Slavika Perkovic
              - Fotografia Festival Internazionale di Roma, Pingyao International Photography Festival - Wonder-land
2007     - Auckland Festival AK07 - Wonder-land

PUBLICATIONS
1993     - "Four Parts Religion, Six Parts Sin", PhotoForum - Auckland NZ
1996     - "A Celebration of Kindness" The Dalai Lama in New Zealand.
                Commissioned and published by the Trust for the Visit of HH The Dalai Lama
1998     - "Not Here Not There" - Dewi Lewis Publishing, UK
1999     - "Vital Signs" -Dewi Lewis Publishing, UK
2000     - "Aide-Memoire" - Onestar Press, Paris, France
2001     - "Lucky Box. A Guide To Modern Living" - Dewi Lewis Publishing, UK
               - "Lucky Box / 2" - Onestar Press, Paris, France
2003     - "First Ever Pictures of God" - Florence Loewy, Paris, France
               - "Global Detail - First Ever Pictures of God" - Noorderlicht, Groningen, Netherlands
2005     - "Killing Time in Paradise" - Schaden.com, Cologne
              - "Daumenkino" (The Flip Book Show) - Kunsthalle, Duesseldorf
              - "Performance' Sport 33 - Victoria University Press, Wellington
              - "Traces & Omens - 40 trees" - Noorderlicht, Groningen
2006     - "You are Here"- Schaden.com, Cologne
2007     - “ A Short History of Photography ” - Dewi Lewis Publishing, UK
2008     - "China Story" FAQ Editions, Paris

EXHIBITIONS
1994     - Auckland Museum - "Auckland Photographers Now"
              - Outreach Gallery, Auckland - "Erotikos"
1995     - Auckland Museum - "Currency. 20 New Zealand Photographers"
1997     - Minnie Street Studio, Auckland - One Night Stand
1998     - Archill Gallery, Auckland - 747x10
              - Royal Photographic Society, Bath - Acquired Images
              - Tel Aviv Museum of Modern Art - Aboukrat Collection
              - Photology Gallery, London - Not Here Not There
1999     - New Work Studio, Wellington - 747x10
              - Gregory Flint Gallery, Auckland - Vital Signs
2000     - galerie Serge Aboukrat, Paris - Mois de la Photo a Paris
              - colette, Paris - Vital Signs
              - World Wide Web - Update: The Active Eye
2001     - Purple Institute, Paris - Aide-Memoire
              - ASA Gallery, Auckland - Stratum
              - Dunedin Public Art Gallery - Aide-Memoire
              - Secession of Vienna - Aide-Memoire
2002     - La Périphérie galerie, Paris - new work
              - critical secret, Paris - new work
              - NorthArt, Auckland - new work
              - Australian High Commission, New York - group show
          - Dunedin Public Art Gallery - Installation
              - galerie eyris, Paris - new work
2003     - Galerie Lichtblick, Cologne - group show
              - Libraire Florence Loewy, Paris - First Ever Pictures of God
              - Spree, Paris - Hotel Art
              - Noorderlicht, Global Detail, Groningen, Netherlands - First Ever Pictures of God
2004     - Adshel lightpanels, Auckland - Installation
              - Deichtorhallen, Hamburg - True Colours
              - Galerie Lichtblicht, Cologne - Killing Time in Paradise
              - NorthArt, Auckland - Installation
              - Bath Street Gallery, Auckland - Hotel Art
2005     - Spree, Paris - Killing Time in Paradise
              - Noorderlicht Photofestival, Groningen, Netherlands - 40 Trees
              - Kunsthalle Duesseldorf "Daumenkino"- Aide Memoire
2006     - Matakana Pictures, Solaris - group show
              - St Paul Street Gallery, Auckland - No Borders No Boundaries with Peter Bialobrzeski (Germany) Antoine D'Agata (France)
              - Fotografia Festival Internazionale di Roma - Wonder-Land
              - International Festival of photography, Lodz, Poland - Killing Time
        - Antwerp Foto Museum, Belgium - Flip Book Show - Aide Memoire
              - Snow White Gallery, Auckland -Terrain Vague
          - The Depot Art Space, Auckland - Inside North Shore
2007     - Bath Street Gallery, Auckland - Auckland Festival AK07 - Wonder-land
        - Muka Gallery, Auckland - Aide-Memoire
        - Auckland Festival AK07 - Window project
        - Satellite Gallery, Auckland - My House, My Head
              - Bowen Gallery, Wellington - New work
              - Hex Gallery, Brussels - Killing Time in Paradise
2008     - Shanghai Zendai MoMA - 60 Portraits
              - Lodz Fotografia Festival Poland - China Story
              - Spree, Paris - A Short History of Photography
              - Foam Fotografimuseum Amsterdam - Marks of Honour
              - John Leach Gallery Auckland - A Short History of Photography
              - Satellite Gallery Auckland - They Were Young Once
              - Auckland Festival of Photography, Manukau Light Night - Hello, I Am Your Neighbour